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Advancing our understanding of successful aging at work: A socioemotional selectivity theory perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2020

Marc Cubrich Open the ORCID record for Marc Cubrich [Opens in a new window]  and
Alexandra Petruzzelli
Marc Cubrich*
Affiliation:
The University of Akron
Alexandra Petruzzelli
Affiliation:
The University of Akron
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*Corresponding author. Email: mmc140@zips.uakron.edu
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 2020 , pp. 369 - 373
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